Trump Attacks Murkowski and Alaska's Ranked Choice Voting, Directs DOJ Lawsuit Threat
Photo: The HillPresident Donald Trump attacked Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Alaska's ranked choice voting system in a Truth Social post, calling her the Republicans' worst senator and saying she was elected only because of what he called corrupt ranked choice voting. The Hill dates the remarks to Saturday, while the Washington Examiner says the post appeared Sunday. Trump wrote that the ballot is a Democratic scam meant to confuse voters so that Sen. Dan Sullivan loses votes to Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., a man he said has never participated in politics. He said Democrats want to steal the election and that Murkowski probably wants that too, which he gave as the reason she opposes a Justice Department lawsuit. The Examiner reports Trump directed the department to file a suit challenging Alaska's election results next week if it determines the race was affected by voter confusion over the shared name. Murkowski has publicly denounced the planned lawsuit, saying Alaska can handle its own elections. The post also said Trump had produced billions of dollars for Alaska and criticized Joe Biden.
Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing; coverage came from alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets. The right-leaning Washington Examiner leads with Trump's description of the voting system as corrupt, then adds the DOJ lawsuit directive, the shared-name confusion claim and Murkowski's rejection of the suit, followed by a long excerpt of the post. The Hill, the independent outlet, leads instead with Trump calling Murkowski a disgrace to Alaska, and its available excerpt shows the same post but not the lawsuit or her response.
How the sides differ Left sources had not covered the story; right sources stress the DOJ lawsuit directive and Murkowski's response, while alternative sources lead with Trump's personal attack on her.
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The Hill leads with Trump calling Murkowski a disgrace to Alaska and criticizing ranked choice voting, quoting the opening of his post. Its excerpt dates the remarks to Saturday.
The Washington Examiner leads with Trump's attack on the voting system as corrupt, adds his DOJ lawsuit directive and Murkowski's denunciation of it, and quotes the post at length.